Posts from ‘November, 2008’

Dumpr.net is an easy to use tool that can make some cool photo art. Simply choose an effect and upload a photo. I like the “Amazing Circles” tool best. Here’s the photo I uploaded: Here’s the amazing circles version: http://www.dumpr.net/

This monument stands on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Cole’s Hill overlooks Plymouth Rock and the waterfront. Every Thanksgiving since 1970, Native people and supporters gather at 12 noon on Cole’s Hill for a “Day of Mourning”. This is a solemn day in mourning of their ancestors, the genocide of their people and the theft [...]

Aaron and Ryan at the Great Pyramid of Giza I still have some work to do on my green screen technique, but I’m having fun with it. This is my first try at two layers.

Parents of kids with disabilities deal with a chronic grief that never goes away. In the beginning, it is an intense grief similar to the stages following the death of a loved one, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and eventually acceptance. We are grieving the loss of the “normal” child that might have been. But the [...]

Nathan Sawaya creates amazing art out of LEGO® bricks. Check out his amazing work at: http://www.brickartist.com/

New Washington DC buses ad “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake” The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative holiday ad campaign Tuesday. Edwords, spokesman for the humanist group, said; “we are trying to plant a seed of rational thought and critical thinking and questioning in people’s minds.” Read more: Be [...]

Check out Barack’s new web site: Change.gov

I never expected California to pass Proposition 8 (a constitutional amendment that overturns the state’s Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex unions)! You would think that people would have learned from segregation that separate is not equal. This is a simple matter of civil rights. I have no doubt that this decision will eventually be [...]

Thank you George W. Bush and friends for screwing up so badly that you have force the country into a giant U-turn. It’s been a rough 8 years, but the nightmare is finally over. It’s time to move forward and make racism history, to make war history and to make the United States a country [...]